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Re: strange expletives passed down
« Reply #63 on: Friday 02 May 14 22:57 BST (UK) »
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Carol re Jesus, Mary and Joseph my husbands Aunt always uses that any time she is told of something surprising or shocking. She is only 45 but her mother and father are fairly  old. They are a Dublin family and I am not sure if it is just a Dublin thing or an Irish thing in general. In case you are wondering my husband is the eldest of the family and his uncle the youngest of the family and there is only two years between them!

Well contributing myself my Mum a Londoner used to say "You`re a one" if someone did something strange or silly.

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My Grandma was a  Catholic of Irish decent so it probably was a saying that she had heard in her younger days.

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Re: strange expletives passed down
« Reply #64 on: Saturday 19 July 14 11:46 BST (UK) »
My mum-in-law, if anyone was getting into a muddle or a mess would describe it as getting into a 'pukky-akky'. I have no idea where it comes from and neither does my husband.
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